Scotonycteris occidentalis

Hayman, 1947

Hayman's Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Pteropodiformes
Superfamily : Pteropodoidea
Family : Pteropodidae
Subfamily : Rousettinae
Tribe : Scotonycterini
Genus : Scotonycteris

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Hayman, R.W. 1947-06-25. A new race of _Scotonycteris zenkeri_ from the Gold Coast. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)13(103):503-504.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1080/00222934608654572

Original name as described

Scotonycteris zenkeri occidentalis

Other common names

Hayman's Tear-drop Fruit Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1946.898

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b7d14a86-4f70-47db-830e-d0ece94d1eeb

Type locality

Oda, Oda Province, Ghana.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana

Taxonomy notes

split from S. zenkeri

Taxonomy notes citation

Hassanin, A., Khouider, S., Gembu, G. C., Goodman, S. M., Kadjo, B., Nesi, N., ... & Bonillo, C. (2015). The comparative phylogeography of fruit bats of the tribe Scotonycterini (Chiroptera, Pteropodidae) reveals cryptic species diversity related to African Pleistocene forest refugia. Comptes Rendus Biologies, 338(3), 197-211.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004551

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Scotonycteris zenkeri occidentalis

Hayman, 1947

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

occidentalis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1946.898

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b7d14a86-4f70-47db-830e-d0ece94d1eeb

Authority page

503

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Scotonycteris occidentalis

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

occidentalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

81

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000326) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000326) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:81) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004551) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/84466273/84466694) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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